Please explain adding and subtracting Integers

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I am trying to start again with math, giving it a second shot after i completly gave up on math for about 10y. I looked up multiple cheet sheets and rules, but they all say different things. My problem especially +29 – +59. The rule thing i got from the internet says + – + = larger integer’s sign, but then another tutorial said well if you reverse + and -, then you can get the answer that way, but they are 2 different answers. And i’m confused too about what, like what’s the point of doing the operations if we can just change whatever symbols we want, but then we do but nothing matches as the result so i’m just confused.

I just don’t get it, none of the rules match and in my head none of it even makes any sense. So i feel like i need to memorize the rules, but there are no rules. Pls help, i started crying due to the fustration because now i remembered why i despised math so much.

Update: I started being able to complete operations, even of 5 in a row. Thank you all! Ended up dropping tje unecessary + and just – – = + idk, but i’m doing it.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

I’m pretty confused. Why are you putting “+” in front of the positive numbers? It’s redundant, numbers are assumed to be positive unless there’s a minus sign in front.

If you remove the redundant “+” from your numbers, that rule works. 29 – 59 = -30. The absolute difference between 29 and 59 is 30, then since 59 is the negative number and is larger, the answer will be negative.

Are you an adult?

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